Do you judge the book by its cover?
Absolutely! Something beautiful is something beautiful.

How do you feel about all the books being made into movies?
There are examples like The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick, that totally salvage all the bad adaptations that have been made, but I like it when films try to tell an original story. That said: I’m also happy when a book finds a bigger audience because of its filmic brother/sister/weird nephew.